单词 | platyrrhine |
释义 | platyrrhinen.adj. A. n. 1. Zoology. A primate of the major group Platyrrhini, which comprises the New World monkeys, most of which are characterized by a flattened nose with widely separated nostrils that are directed forwards or sideways.In some classifications, treated as a suborder or infraorder; in others, replaced by the superfamily Callitrichoidea. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Platyrrhinae (New World monkey) platyrrhine1842 New World monkey1863 platyrrhinian1878 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 938/1 Platyrhines, Platyrhinae,..These monkeys are peculiar to the New World. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 422 (note) They include..the Platyrrhines, peculiar to South America, having the nostrils subterminal and wide apart. 1930 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 6 387 In the more primitive Platyrrhines the brain is relatively small and has few sulci. 1957 I. T. Sanderson Monkey Kingdom viii. 80/1 All the living New World primates used to be called the Platyrrhines. 1997 W. G. Kinzey New World Primates Introd. p. xiv The earliest anthropoids from the Old World (the Fayum) are remarkably like platyrrhines in many aspects. 2. Physical Anthropology. A platyrrhine person or skull (see sense B. 2). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [noun] > types of skull > person having macrocephalus1626 long head1650 microcephalus1848 brachycephales1863 dolichocephali1863 brachistocephali1866 mecistocephali1866 Mesocephali1866 roundhead1867 microcephale1873 microcephalic1873 dolichocephal1876 mesorrhinian1878 mesocephal1883 short head1883 mesorrhine1885 platyrrhine1886 brachycephal1901 1886 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 15 311 These forms he [sc. Broca] divides into three groups: the mesorrhines, including the indices between 48 and 52; the platyrrhines, including those from 53 upwards, and the leptorrhines. 1918 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 48 86 The leptorrhines and the mesorrhines are in almost equal proportions along with a considerable proportion of platyrrhines..in 110 skulls from the Fassa valley. B. adj. 1. Zoology. Of, relating to, or designating a primate of the major group Platyrrhini, which comprises the New World monkeys. Contrasted with catarrhine. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > New World platyrrhine1857 platyrrhinian1890 1857 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. (ed. 3) III. xviii. 565 Remains of an extinct platyrhine monkey. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals i. 74 The great armadillos, anteaters and platyrrhine apes of the caves of South America. 1894 H. O. Forbes Hand-bk. Primates I. 127 The New World Monkeys..have the nose flat and the opening of their nostrils directed outwards, and the one nostril separated from the other by a broad cartilaginous septum, and they are therefore designated Platyrrhine Monkeys. 1920 Proc. Zool. Soc. 91 The observations recorded in this paper are based mainly upon the Platyrrhine Monkeys that have died in the Zoological Gardens during the past ten years. 1967 J. R. Napier & P. H. Napier Handbk. Living Primates i. 15 In the majority of Cebidæ the nostrils are wide apart (platyrrhine condition). 1987 Amer. Anthropologist 89 973/1 Platyrrhine primates are still relatively poorly represented in the fossil record. 2. Physical Anthropology. Of a person or skull: having the nose or the nasal bones flat or broad; spec. having a nasal index above a particular value (varying from 51.1 to 53 in different systems). Also: designating a nose of this shape. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > skull measurement > [adjective] > types short-headed1802 beloid1833 microcephalous1840 platycephalous1846 long-skulled1847 round-headed1847 brachycephalic1849 dolichocephalic1849 acrocephalic1855 megacephalous1857 microcephalic1857 cymbocephalic1861 macrocephalous1861 platycephalic1861 macrocephalic1863 phaenozygous1863 dolichocephalous1864 homoeocephalic1866 mecistocephalic1866 mecocephalic1866 mesocephalic1866 orthocephalic1866 stenocephalic1866 cryptozygous1867 megalocephalic1868 aphanozygous1871 brachycephalous1872 orthocephalous1872 mesaticephalic1873 plagiocephalic1873 plagiocephalic1874 mesaticephalous1876 mesorrhine1877 platyrrhine1877 cylindro-cephalic1878 eurycephalic1878 hypsistenocephalic1878 megaseme1878 mesoseme1878 microseme1878 oxycephalic1878 oxyklinocephalic1878 platybasic1878 pyrgocephalic1878 tapinocephalic1878 megacephalic1879 hypsiconchous1885 mesoconchous1885 chamaeprosopic1886 leptocephalic1886 mesorrhinian1887 long-headed1888 tectocephalic1888 mecistocephalous1890 megalocephalous1890 plagiocephalous1890 mesocephal1891 stegoid1894 brachycranial1902 chamaecephalic1902 chamaeconchic1902 chamaecranial1902 macrocranial1902 platycranial1902 stenocranial1904 mesoconch1905 mesoconchic1909 hypsiconch1920 Lapponoid1939 hypsiconchic1960 1877 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 6 103 Nasal index.—There is here a considerable variation not bearing out Broca's views, seven only being platyrrhine, five mesorrhine, and the remainder leptorrhine. 1880 Nature 8 Jan. 224 The now extinct Tasmanian race was..prognathous, platyrhine, microseme. 1913 Amer. Anthropologist 15 420 The people of southern India resemble the Australians in two significant characteristics—they are both dolichocephalic and platyrrhine. 1976 Lancet 25 Dec. 1394/2 The special features of the upper respiratory tract..in platyrrhine peoples. 2001 M. H. Chang Return of Dragon iv. 64 She grows to hate her very reflection in the mirror: the African's dark pigmentation, platyrrhine nose, and everted lips. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1842 |
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